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Identity
Person No.
32981
Service No.
05197744
Last Name
First Name
Petrus Jacobus
Initials
P J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
29
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
SUIC 388
Suicide
Cause of Death
Committed suicide
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Captain
Regiment
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,852
South African Defence Force
Notes

Husband of Mrs. E. M. Smal, of Pretoria.

Research notes


4 Sep 2026: Regiment leftover "Administrative Services Corps" (a branch, not a specific regiment) moved to Corps, per John's decision on the broader Regiment/Corps field-swap review.
25 Sep 2026, Unit2 service-branch sweep: the stored Secondary Unit "Air Force" was CLEARED. It was not a sub-unit, it was a service-branch word, and it CONTRADICTED this record's own Branch, "Army". Across the roll 787 records carried such a contradiction; judged against Corps and Regiment -- independent of both columns -- the evidence backed Branch 744 times and Unit2 not once. Branch is therefore kept and the contradicting word removed. Nothing is guessed: this man's branch of service is already recorded, and his sub-unit, if any, is simply not known.

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